Mahwah Museum Opens Sept. 26

MAHWAH, NJ — After months of closure largely thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the Mahwah Museum is back. Almost.

Opening day for the Mahwah Museum 2020-2021 season will be Saturday, Sept. 26, the museum announced this week.

The reopening will feature a new exhibit, "Revealed: Women’s Fight for the Right to Vote," a "revealing look at some of the toughest battles undertaken by women, several from New Jersey and New York, to win the right to vote," according to a news release.

The Museum will also offer a series of webinars and online workshops during the 2020-2021 season.

Virtual programs for the fall will include two guitar workshops, webinars on Palisades Amusement Park, the early years of Ridgewood, and Gene Paul on his father, Les Paul.

There will also be two "Ramapo College at 50" virtual programs.

At the museum, the Donald Cooper Model Railroad will be revealing its newest feature, the Trackside Drive-In.

The new exhibit will join ongoing exhibits "Palisades Park in Miniature," "A College Comes to Mahwah, Ramapo College,1965-1975" and permanent exhibits "Les Paul in Mahwah," the Lee Vold Gallery and the Donald Cooper Model Railroad.

Initially, the Mahwah Museum will be open one day a week, on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m.

For the well-being and safety of Museum visitors and volunteers, the Museum will take precautionary health measures including mandatory masks, temperature checks, one-way traffic and 25 percent capacity.

Museum admission is free to members and children under the age of 18, $5 for non-members.

Visit the Mahwah Museum website, www.mahwahmuseum.org for more information, or call 201-512-0099.